Surah Al-An'am (الأنعام) • The Cattle

Quran 6:138

6:138

وَقَالُوا۟ هَـٰذِهِۦٓ أَنْعَـٰمٌ وَحَرْثٌ حِجْرٌ لَّا يَطْعَمُهَآ إِلَّا مَن نَّشَآءُ بِزَعْمِهِمْ وَأَنْعَـٰمٌ حُرِّمَتْ ظُهُورُهَا وَأَنْعَـٰمٌ لَّا يَذْكُرُونَ ٱسْمَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْهَا ٱفْتِرَآءً عَلَيْهِ ۚ سَيَجْزِيهِم بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْتَرُونَ

waqālū hādhihi anʿāmun waḥarthun ḥij'run lā yaṭʿamuhā illā man nashāu bizaʿmihim wa-anʿāmun ḥurrimat ẓuhūruhā wa-anʿāmun lā yadhkurūna is'ma l-lahi ʿalayhā if'tirāan ʿalayhi sayajzīhim bimā kānū yaftarūna

And they say, "These animals and crops are forbidden; no one may eat from them except whom we will," by their claim. And there are those [camels] whose backs are forbidden [by them] and those upon which the name of Allāh is not mentioned - [all of this] an invention of untruth about Him. He will punish them for what they were inventing.

— Saheeh International

They also say, ‘These cattle and crops are reserved, and only those we allow may eat them’- so they claim! There are some animals they exempt from labour and some over which they do not pronounce God’s name [during slaughter], falsely attributing these [regulations] to Him: He will repay them for the falsehoods they invent.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And according to their claim, they say that such and such cattle and crops are forbidden, and none should eat of them except those whom we allow. And (they say) there are cattle forbidden to be used for burden (or any other work), and cattle on which (at slaughtering) the Name of Allâh is not pronounced; lying against Him (Allâh). He will recompense them for what they used to fabricate.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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وَقَالُوا۟waqālūAnd they say
هَـٰذِهِۦٓhādhihiThese
أَنْعَـٰمٌۭanʿāmun(are) cattle
وَحَرْثٌwaḥarthunand crops
حِجْرٌۭḥij'runforbidden
لَّاlāno (one)
يَطْعَمُهَآyaṭʿamuhācan eat them
إِلَّاillāexcept
مَنmanwhom
نَّشَآءُnashāuwe will
بِزَعْمِهِمْbizaʿmihimby their claim
وَأَنْعَـٰمٌwa-anʿāmunAnd cattle
حُرِّمَتْḥurrimatforbidden
ظُهُورُهَاẓuhūruhā(are) their backs
وَأَنْعَـٰمٌۭwa-anʿāmunand cattle
لَّاlānot
يَذْكُرُونَyadhkurūnathey mention
ٱسْمَis'ma(the) name
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
عَلَيْهَاʿalayhāon it
ٱفْتِرَآءًif'tirāan(as) an invention
عَلَيْهِۚʿalayhiagainst Him
سَيَجْزِيهِمsayajzīhimHe will recompense them
بِمَاbimāfor what
كَانُوا۟kānūthey used to
يَفْتَرُونَyaftarūnainvent